Syrian Female Refugees For Sale on Facebook; Women Sold in Mosques

Speaking specifically about children, Luke's Gospel records these words from the Lord Jesus: "Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!It
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he
cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." - Luke 17:1-2

I have found God's Grace in my own life, and therefore, it is somewhat natural for me to want to share His Grace and extend mercy to others. But when I see and hear of such atrocities as these, I find myself thinking, "COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS"! There is such an unbelievable amount of pain and suffering in this world, every second of every minute of every hour... it is quite enough to break even the coldest of hearts. I find it simply beautiful that the very last thing the Lord says in scripture, His last words to us are:

"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen." -Revelation 22:21

Last words have great meaning. I mean, if you were leaving on a long trip, what would your parting words be to your family? Surely you would give consideration and meaning to these words. You would choose them very carefully. Seeing how the bible is a book for Believers...but also words of warning to unbelievers, I believe we see the loving heart of our God in this final verse for all of humanity. Our God is a God who "is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance", Peter was inspired to write.

But just prior to this verse, that is, the second to the last verse of the bible, speaks of hope and judgement:

I say it is a verse about judgement because that is exactly what He is going to do when He immediately comes back to the earth:

"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left." - (Matthew 25:31-33)

"Then shall he say also
unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41)

So, I that was all a very long-winded way to say...I cannot wait for God to make ALL THINGS RIGHT...and to END ALL OF THIS SUFFERING. Can't wait.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.Journeyman PicturesJihadWatch“Among the announcements was one publicizing ‘refugee girls of all
ages and religious confessions’ to satisfy all applications from Sunnis,
Shiites and Christians in a climate of growing religious polarization.”While Christians may be among the buyers, this practice has
justification in Islam: there is the allowance of sex slavery (the
“captives of the right hand,” Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50), and also the
idea of temporary marriage. As this article says, “Weddings are mostly
just a means of having sexual intercourse with a virgin and subsequently
divorce her in just a few days with everything taking place ‘legally.’”This is an established Shi’ite concept that is also prevalent among some Sunnis. We have seen it taking place among Sunnis in Egypt, and it is also rising among Saudis, even though Sunnis ostensibly reject it.Shi’ites justify temporary marriage, mutah, by their reading of Qur’an 4:24:

And all married women are forbidden unto you save those
captives whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you.
Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them
with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye
seek content by marrying them, give unto them their portions as a duty.
And there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual agreement after the duty hath been done. Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.

They see in this marriage as something contracted by means of payment
(“give them their portions”) for a specified time by mutual agreement.“Syrian female refugees on sale on Facebook, NGOs denounce,” ANSAmed, May 23, 2014:

(ANSAmed) – BEIRUT – A few thousand euros are enough to
buy Syrian women, including minors, who have fled their war-torn country
and are living in refugee camps, Arab human rights groups have
denounced.The groups are sounding the alarm on the plight of women who are on sale as ”Syrians up for marriage” on Facebook.This phenomenon is not new. Last year, reports alleged that Syrian
women living in refugee camps in Jordan, Turkey and Iraq had been sold
to men from Arab countries, in particular from the Gulf area. Rights
groups also denounced cases of violence and sexual harassment in which
victims were as young as 12 and 13 years of age.The Facebook page publicizing Syrian refugees who could be bought as
wives was closed on Thursday after hundreds of activists and human
rights’ lawyers protested. But it had thousands of followers between May
17-21 including prospective clients interested in the women who were
portrayed with little on. Some posts showed the picture of women
”looking for a husband” with a brief profile on their chastity and their
ability in domestic work.But to get a better insight into the ”goods” on sale, men had to send
an email to start negotiations. According to Arab NGO Kafa, which has
repeatedly denounced the phenomenon, clients mostly hail from Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, as well as Tunisia, Morocco,
Egypt, Algeria, Yemen and Bahrain.Among the announcements was one publicizing ”refugee girls of all
ages and religious confessions” to satisfy all applications from Sunnis,
Shiites and Christians in a climate of growing religious polarization.”You can marry legally or secretly”, read the Facebook page.According to Syrian activists with the ”Refugees, not slaves” group
in Jordan, where hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees live in
overcrowded refugee camps in the north and the main urban centers, local
papers publish many prostitution adverts of Syrian and Arab women.The phenomenon is also widespread in Lebanon, where there are no
official refugee camps but where over a million Syrians have fled. There
are no criminal groups behind this growing trend: often victims’
families are involved or sometimes they are ”encouraged” by local NGOs
distributing humanitarian aid in camps, which have access to the most
desperate cases.According to reports from Iraqi Kurdistan and Jordan, women are even sold in mosques
after negotiations between parents and aspiring husbands. The
mediators, often women, earn at least 50 euros to organize the meeting.
And if the two perspective spouses reach an agreement the price can be
as high as 3,000 euros, or about 10% of the deal.Weddings are mostly just a means of having sexual intercourse
with a virgin and subsequently divorce her in just a few days with
everything taking place ”legally”. Victims thus cannot report their ”husbands” and face further social humiliation.